Now that actor-producer-director Ben Dicke is on the mend from a fall he took Sept. 7, on what was to be opening night of the musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” we can ask the obvious: Isn’t that taking the old saw “break a leg” a bit literally?

Four broken ribs and one punctured lung later, the durable Dicke is ready for the curtain to rise on this love child of a project.

While you were likely sleeping, Ben Dicke began his 24-hour treadmill marathon to fund a production of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” He’d been at it for seven hours when we stopped by. (He’s on the median between Champa and Stout streets.)

He looked pretty fresh for a guy who’d already covered some serious ground.

The actor/director/educator is set to climb aboard a treadmill on Denver’s 16th Street Mall (at Champa) and run the final 24 hours of his campaign to bring the Broadway musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” to the Aurora Fox in Sept.

His goal is $10,000 and he’s within running distance at $7,800 with 34 hours to go (as of this post). It’s just a portion of the money needed for the production.